Definition of animatron
plural animatrons
: a puppet or similar figure that is animated by means of electromechanical devices : an animatronic figure
- In Jurassic Park, the Steven Spielberg dinosaur action thriller, the full-sized animatron of the Tyrannosaurus Rex weighed almost 7000 kilograms.
- —Daily Telegraph (Sydney, Australia), 5 Nov. 2002
